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For systems that are not observable at the very equilibrium of interest to be stabilized, output-feedback stabilization is considerably challenging. In this paper we solve this control problem for the case-study of a second-order system…
The design of feedback control systems to block observability in a network synchronization model, i.e. to make the dynamics unobservable from measurements at a subset of the network's nodes, is studied. First, a general design algorithm is…
This work develops a data-based construction of inverse dynamics for LTI systems. Specifically, the problem addressed here is to find an input sequence from the corresponding output sequence based on pre-collected input and output data. The…
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Feedback optimization optimizes the steady state of a dynamical system by implementing optimization iterations in closed loop with the plant. It relies on online measurements and limited model information, namely, the input-output…
In this paper we propose dynamic output-feedback controller synthesis methods for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems. The synthesis goal is to achieve dissipativity with respect to a given quadratic supply rate or a given $H_2$…
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We propose a new model predictive control (MPC) approach which is completely based on an observer for the state system. For this, we show semiglobally practically asymptotic stability of the closed loop for an abstract observer and…